Tesla. We’ve all heard about it. We’ve all seen the Tesla shops in our malls (although for some reason the shops disappeared this spring here in CO.) Some of us have seen them on the streets. I confess, living here in CO, I’ve not seen many. Perhaps it’s because charging stations are few and far between? But I digress. Here’s the latest from Elon Musk.

New York to Washington in 29 minutes? Elon Musk says it’s possible and he has the government’s approval to do it (though it’s anyone’s guess which government or how long it would take to build).

Think I’m wrong? Here’s his tweet.

Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.

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Nice post Nina, I too had noticed that the store at Park Meadows had gone away…
On an unrelated note I almost didn’t read the posts today, the new look made me do a double take, and make sure it wasn’t a scam site lol… But the new look is cool, just caught me off gaurd

First, you forgot that Teslas are also evidently running off the road and such with the not-really-an-autopilot.

Second, If you think a vacuum tube with a train going hypervelocity in it is a cool thing, go ride the DC Metro. It will be fabulous – until the maintenance starts to be a hassle. That bump in the track on the Metro that throws everyone just a little at 30mph? At 500mph? Hoo-boy.

Third, why should he need to talk to any of the states? Or municipalities? This will be underground, won’t it? Far enough that you’re out of their jurisdiction, right? 😉 You just have to get the elevators approved, as well as digging down to the depth required….

Fourth, these ideas are great – super-fast trains, hyper-loops, supersonic jets – but they only serve a small group of people who actually move back and forth between NY and DC (or LA and DC, or London and NY, or…). The supersonic jet can at least be flexible in its route. The trains? Not so much.
If you read the science fiction that involves similar tools to this hyper-loop tech, they also involve megalopolises – giant urban centers that cover entire regions (like one that includes everything from Boston to DC, or one that covers all of the CA coast from LA to SF). And within those megalopolises, more trains (fast ones!) to get you around the super-city.
All the guys in the hinterlands? If they don’t have flying cars, they’re just toodling along with gasoline-based cars and such.

Last, while I agree that maybe there shouldn’t be subsidy of this, and it might be a questionable endeavor, it’s still good to see people thinking big ideas and ways to pull them off.